# Copyright Settings

> **TL;DR**
> `File | Settings | Editor | Copyright` for Windows and Linux
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> `IntelliJ IDEA | Settings | Editor | Copyright` for macOS
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> `Ctrl+Alt+S` (Windows), `⌘ Comma` (macOS), `⌘ Comma` (IntelliJ IDEA Classic (macOS)), `⌘ Comma` (macOS System Shortcuts), `Ctrl+Alt+S` (XWin), `Ctrl+Alt+S` (GNOME), `Ctrl+Alt+S` (KDE), `Ctrl+Alt+S` (Emacs), `Ctrl+Alt+S` (Sublime Text), `⌘ Comma` (Sublime Text (macOS)), `Ctrl+Alt+S` (NetBeans), `Ctrl+Alt+S` (Visual Studio), `⌘ Comma` (Visual Studio (macOS)), `Ctrl+Alt+S` (Eclipse), `⌘ Comma` (Eclipse (macOS)) ![the Settings icon](https://resources.jetbrains.com/help/img/idea/2026.2/app.expui.general.settings.svg)

> **Note:**
> This page describes controls. For more information about configuring a copyright notice, refer to [Copyright](copyright.html).

| Item | Tooltip and shortcut | Description |
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| Default project copyright |  |    Specify the default copyright profile at the project level. The default profile applies to those project files that do not belong to any defined scope. The default profile also applies when no specific profile-scope combinations have been created.      By default, IntelliJ IDEA suggests No copyright.      			 |
| Scope-profile combinations area | Note that unless you have at least one [copyright profile](copyright-profiles.html) and [scope](settings-scopes.html), the controls below are disabled. |
| Scope |  | Click an entry in this column to select a built-in or [shared](configuring-scopes-and-file-colors.html) (that is, one that has the Share through VCS option enabled) scope from the list. If the scope is not yet defined, click the link below to open the [Scopes](settings-scopes.html) dialog, where you can create a new scope or edit an existing one.  |
| Copyright |  | Click an entry in this column to select a copyright profile from the list of available copyright profiles.   |
| ![the Add button](https://resources.jetbrains.com/help/img/idea/2026.2/app.expui.general.add.svg)  | Add `Alt+Insert` (Windows), `⌘ N` (macOS), `⌃ N` (IntelliJ IDEA Classic (macOS)), `⌘ N` (macOS System Shortcuts), `Alt+Insert` (XWin), `Alt+Insert` (GNOME), `Alt+Insert` (KDE), `Alt+Insert` (Emacs), `Ctrl+N` (Sublime Text), `⌘ N` (Sublime Text (macOS)), `Alt+Insert` (NetBeans), `Ctrl+N` (Visual Studio), `⌘ N` (Visual Studio (macOS)), `Alt+Insert` (Eclipse), `⌘ N` (Eclipse (macOS)) | Use this icon or shortcut to add a new scope-profile combination.  |
| ![Remove](https://resources.jetbrains.com/help/img/idea/2026.2/app.expui.general.remove.svg) | Delete `Alt+Delete` (Windows), `⌘ ⌦` (macOS), `⌘ ⌦` (IntelliJ IDEA Classic (macOS)), `⌘ ⌦` (macOS System Shortcuts), `Alt+Delete` (XWin), `Alt+Delete` (GNOME), `Alt+Delete` (KDE), `Alt+Delete` (Emacs), `Alt+Delete` (Sublime Text), `⌘ ⌦` (Sublime Text (macOS)), `Alt+Delete` (NetBeans), `Ctrl+R, D` (Visual Studio), `⌘ R, D` (Visual Studio (macOS)), `Alt+Delete` (Eclipse), `Alt+Delete` (Eclipse (macOS)) | Use this icon or shortcut to remove the selected item from the list. |
| ![the Move up button](https://resources.jetbrains.com/help/img/idea/2026.2/app.expui.general.moveUp.svg) ![the Move down button](https://resources.jetbrains.com/help/img/idea/2026.2/app.expui.general.moveDown.svg)  | Up/Down      `Alt+Up` (Windows), `⌃ ⇧ ↑` (macOS), `⌃ ↑` (IntelliJ IDEA Classic (macOS)), `⌃ ⌥ ↑` (macOS System Shortcuts), `Alt+Up` (XWin), `Alt+Up` (GNOME), `Alt+Up` (KDE), `Alt+Up` (Emacs), `Alt+Up` (Sublime Text), `Alt+Up` (Sublime Text (macOS)), `Ctrl+Alt+Up` (NetBeans), `Alt+Up` (Visual Studio), `⌃ ⇧ ↑` (Visual Studio (macOS)), `Ctrl+Shift+Up` (Eclipse), `⌃ ⌥ ↑` (Eclipse (macOS))/`Alt+Down` (Windows), `⌃ ⇧ ↓` (macOS), `⌃ ↓` (IntelliJ IDEA Classic (macOS)), `⌃ ⌥ ↓` (macOS System Shortcuts), `Alt+Down` (XWin), `Alt+Down` (GNOME), `Alt+Down` (KDE), `Alt+Down` (Emacs), `Alt+Down` (Sublime Text), `Alt+Down` (Sublime Text (macOS)), `Ctrl+Alt+Down` (NetBeans), `Alt+Down` (Visual Studio), `⌃ ⇧ ↓` (Visual Studio (macOS)), `Ctrl+Shift+Down` (Eclipse), `⌃ ⌥ ↓` (Eclipse (macOS))   |    Use these icons or shortcuts to move the selected item one line up or down in the list.      The order of the scope-profile combination is important because if a file belongs to several scopes, these scopes are checked upside down. In doing so, the first scope where this file belongs is declared the proper one, and its copyright profile is used.     |
| Select Scopes to add new scopes or modify existing ones |  | Click this link to open the [Scopes page](settings-scopes.html), where you can create a new scope or edit an existing one. |

## How it works

* [Copyright](copyright.html)